Igniting device



April 24, 1934. l. PELZNER IGNITING DEVICE Filed Feb. 5. 1932 INVENTOR my WM ATTORNEY Z a p, a g H Patented Apr. 24, 1934 STATES PATENT OFFICE Application February 5,

1 Claim.

This invention relates to igniting devices, and its general object is to provide a lighter primarily designed for blow torches, that can be secured to a blow torch in an easy and expeditious manner and operated to light the wick thereof, with very little effort.

A further object of the invention is to provide an igniting device of the character set forth, that is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture and extremely efiicient in operation and service.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be here inafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing my invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding 29 parts throughout the several views, and in Which:-

Figure 1 is a side view of a blow torch showing the application of my lighter thereto.

Figure 2 is a top plan View of the lighter per se.

Figure 3 is av front view with parts in section.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken approxi-- mately on line 44 of Figure 3, looking in the direction of the arrows.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the letter A indicates the body of a blow torch of a type generally used by electrical workers, and B indicates thewick holder.

My lighter is designed to be secured to the wick holder which as shown is of cylindrical formation and for that purpose I provide a clamp 1 in the form of a split resilient ring member which includes a pair of spaced parallel ears 2 formed on and rising from the confronting ends thereof, and these ears are provided with registering apertures, one of which is threaded to threadedly receive a screw bolt 3 that is passed through the other aperture as will be apparent.

Extending diametrically opposite the spaced ears 2 is a lug 4 which is provided with an opening for the passage of a screw bolt 5 that is countersunk in the lug and threadedly secures a post 6 thereto. The post is provided with threaded bores formed in the ends thereof, and one of the bores receives the screw bolt 5 while the other bore is adapted to receive a threaded stud depending from a collar '7, which slidably and frictionally 1932, Serial No. 591,181

receives a sleeve 8 that is mounted for horizontal movement in the collar as will be noted upon inspection of Figure 4.

The sleeve is hollow and is provided with a bifurcated end between the bifurcations of which is journaled a thumb wheel 9 that has arranged in contacting engagement therewith a piece of flint 10 which is disposed within the sleeve as shown in Figure 4 and the flint is retained in. contacting engagement\with the wheel through the instrumentality of a coil spring 11, which is held in operative position by a thumb screw 12.

From the above description and disclosure of the drawing, it will be obvious that I have provided a lighter primarily designed for a blow torch that includes a wick holder and the lighter is secured to the Wick holder by the clamp 1 which allows for adjustment of the lighter thereon before the screw bolt 5 is tightened. The post 6 elevates the sparking portion of the lighter to be disposed practically parallel with the top of the wick holder, and by rotating the thumb wheel 9, sparks will be directed toward the wick and thereby ignite the same.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of my invention will be readily apparent.

I desire it to be understood that I may make changes in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of. the appended claim.

What I claim is:-

An igniting device for a blow torch comprising a clamp in the form of a resilient split ring member, apertured ears formed on and rising from the ends of the ring member, means in the apertures for securing the clamp to the wick holder of the torch, a lug formed on the ring member diametrically opposite the ears, and having an opening therein, a post having threaded bores extending into the ends thereof, means received in one bore and passing through the opening for securing the post to the lug, a collar, a threaded stud depending from the collar and received in the other threaded bore for mounting the collar on the post, and igniting means frictionally and slidably mounted for horizontal movement in said collar for disposal adjacent to the wick of the wick holder.

IRVING PELZNER. 

